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Former Tipton prison worker who pleaded guilty to having sex with inmate sentenced to probation

Jessica Baird
Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office
Jessica Baird

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A former worker at the prison in Tipton who pleaded guilty in August to having sex with an inmate was sentenced to probation on Friday.

Jessica Baird, of Versailles, was sentenced in Moniteau County to five years of supervised probation along with a three-year suspended sentence.

She is accused of having sex with a male prisoner on Oct. 21, 2024, when she worked at Tipton Correctional Center, according to court documents in previous reporting.

The prisoner admitted on a recording to having sex with Baird and Baird confirmed the story to investigators, according to the probable cause statement. The acts happened in an employee restroom, the prisoner allegedly said.

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